Doctor's Best, Best Digestive Enzymes, All Vegetarian, 90 Veggie Caps

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Shipping Weight:

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0.18 lbs (0.08 kg)

Shipping Weight

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Product Code: DRB-00047

UPC Code: 753950000476

Package Quantity: 90 Veggie Caps

Dimensions: 3.8 x 2 x 2 in, 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)

iHerb Note about expiration date: The expiration date on Doctor's Best products is written in this format: MM YY (Month Year)

Description

Science-Based Nutrition

Dietary Supplement

Optimal Support For Healthy Digestion

Non-GMO and Gluten Free

Vegetarian

Best Digestive Enzymes - All Vegetarian is a uniquely formulated, full-spectrum high potency digestive enzyme blend created to complement and support the body's own digestive capacities. Each capsule provides the body with enzymes designed to optimally aid the digestion of fats, proteins and carbohydrates present in cooked and raw food. The formula supplies the added support of alpha-galactosidase and beta-glucanase to break down vegetables, beans and grains, and enzymes such as glucoamylase and invertase to assist with the digestion of sugars. In addition, this complete formula contains friendly bacteria to uniquely promote optimal intestinal health.

Suggested Use

Take 1 capsule with each meal, or as recommended by a nutritionally-informed physician.

We're in our early 60s, and have learned a great deal lately about the gut, toxic fat and estrogens, and all manner of other problems. We've learned about blocked digestion, and the body's natural attempt to solve the problem by craving refined sugar. Refined sugar enters the system almost directly (through the mouth and stomach lining). With blocked or improper digestion, we get almost no nutritional benefit from food we eat, and live on sugars.
We started taking these digestive enzymes and within two days, had some cramping. That reduced out in one day, then immediately we "caught a cold." Knowing what was going on, we realized it's all about detoxification, not a "cold." That's been ongoing now, for about 40 days. The symptoms are slowly (very slowly) reducing, and we're feeling tremendously more energy, more overall optimism and vigor, and we've reduced our intake of refined (simple) sugar by about 50-percent.
This is an excellent product, but be advised there likely will be some digestive and bowel issues for the first day or so as the upper intestinal tract begins to actually function again.
Additional research also shows that no, we don't "stop producing digestive enzymes as we get older." Instead, we block our entire system, and can't access the enzymes the pancreas is naturally producing. Therefore, extended use of supplemental digestive enzymes may, in many situations, move the body towards using them as a "crutch." In other words, unless you know for a fact, from lab tests that you do not produce any of a particular enzyme at all, then use these periodically and try to fix the underlying problems. Note also, that because amylase speeds up carbohydrate digestion, it can cause sugar spikes in the blood.